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Andrew Clement Serkis (born 20 April 1964) is an English actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his motion capture roles comprising motion capture acting, animation and voice work for computer-generated characters such as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), King Kong in the eponymous 2005 film, Caesar in the Planet of the Apes reboot series (2011–2017), Captain Haddock / Sir Francis Haddock in Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin (2011), Baloo in his self-directed film Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018) and Supreme Leader Snoke in the Star Wars sequel trilogy films The Force Awakens (2015) and The Last Jedi (2017), also portraying Kino Loy in the Star Wars Disney+ series Andor (2022). Serkis's film work in motion capture has been critically acclaimed. He has received an Empire Award and two Saturn Awards for his motion-capture acting. He earned a BAFTA and a Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of serial killer Ian Brady in the British television film Longford (2006). He was nominated for a BAFTA for his portrayal of new wave and punk rock musician Ian Dury in the biopic Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010). In 2020, Serkis received the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema. In 2021, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for The Letter for the King (2020). Serkis portrayed Ulysses Klaue in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and Black Panther (2018), as well as the Disney+ series What If...? (2021). He also played Alfred Pennyworth in The Batman (2022). Serkis has his own production company and motion-capture workshop, The Imaginarium, in London, which he used for Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle. He made his directorial debut with Imaginarium's 2017 film Breathe and also directed Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021). Description above from the Wikipedia article Andy Serkis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Andy Serkis
Darth Pleagus
for Darth Pleagus in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Recast/Different Story)
Suggested by linc530
Thirty years after the destruction of the Second Death Star, the galaxy has entered another war. The New Republic has been taken by shock as the Final Empire, a group collected together by all of its predecessors remnants have come together. It's leader a Sith thought to be thought to be dead, Darth Pleagus and his new apprentice Jacen Solo have been reaking havoc on the galaxy, and no one has been able to stop them including the now disappeared Luke Skywalker who has banished himself away from society, and now the New Republic is desparate to get its legend back. Poe Dameron and Jaina Solo both heroes from the Republic have found a clue to finding Luke Skywalker. When their mission goes wrong Rey a scavenger from the planet finds a droid and ends up on the radar of the diabolical Final Empire. Rey, as well as rogue stormtrooper Finn, are thrown into the middle of a battle between the Republic and the rising powers of the Final Empire.
